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<DIV>I thought this might be interesting to some of you whose ancestors came
to</DIV>
<DIV>the Willamette Valley early in the 1900s.</DIV>
<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>WHY YOU SHOULD SETTLE IN LANE COUNTY</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>from "Supplement to the <STRONG><EM>Junction City
Bulletin"</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Junction City, Oregon, Thursday, May 30, 1901, Vol. III, No. 14</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Because it is the best country known to man of moderate means.</DIV>
<DIV>Because you will find a country of rich soil awaiting the settler.</DIV>
<DIV>Because there are uplands, prairie lands, and alluvial river bottoms</DIV>
<DIV>Because you can be certain of profitable returns from whatever you
put in the soil.</DIV>
<DIV>Because the winter does not consume what the summer produces.</DIV>
<DIV>Because there are more and better opportunities for diversified farming
than elsewhere.</DIV>
<DIV>Because the seasons are regular, and no fear of crop failure.</DIV>
<DIV>Because the country is never scourged by cyclones, devastating storms or
blizzards.</DIV>
<DIV>Because everything gown elsewhere can be produced here more
abundantly.</DIV>
<DIV>Because there are more chances for the profitable investment of capital
than elsewhere.</DIV>
<DIV>Because for healthfulness this section is unequaled on the face of the
globe.</DIV>
<DIV>Because you have no long winter months to encounter, with no excessive dry
</DIV>
<DIV> heat in summer.</DIV>
<DIV>Because you will find as orderly communities as anywhere on this
continent.</DIV>
<DIV>Because you will find the most open hearted people in the world.</DIV>
<DIV>Because it is in the widest portion of the fertile Willamette Valley</DIV>
<DIV>Because as a dairying section it has no equal. It is the ideal home of the
cow.</DIV>
<DIV>Because for livestock, goat and sheep raising it can't be beat.</DIV>
<DIV>Because it contains a larger amount of the best merchantable timber than
any </DIV>
<DIV> county in the United
States.</DIV>
<DIV>Because of the great and growing trade with China, Japan, the Philippines,
Hawaii, </DIV>
<DIV> Alaska, and every other
port on the face of the globe, this section is sure</DIV>
<DIV> of a never failing market
for its grain, its lumber, live stock and dairy products. </DIV>
<DIV> No portion of the United
States has as bright a future before it today as the</DIV>
<DIV> Willamette Valley, in
Oregon</DIV>
<DIV>Because education is paramount. Public schools and churches are to be found
</DIV>
<DIV> in every
community.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>